Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage boil water advisory lifted for 5603 to 5811 Oakland Drive
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage City officials have lifted a boil water advisory affecting customers from 5603 to 5811 Oakland Drive as of Tuesday, August 16. The advisory was issued on Sunday, Au...
Aug 16, 2022 Image from the City of Portage Department of Transportation and Utilities.
Upton announces $1.5 million grant for Amtrak bridges between Kalamazoo and Dearborn
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, announced on Tuesday, August 16, a grant of $1,548,750 for preliminary engineering and preparation of National Environmental Policy...
Aug 16, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
City of Kalamazoo seeking new city attorney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo is seeking a new City Attorney who will be appointed by the Kalamazoo City Commission. The City of Kalamazoo has launched a brief online survey wher...
Aug 16, 2022
Kalamazoo man is accused of distributing child pornography
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man is facing charges for distributing child pornography, according to court documents. WOOD TV reported on Tuesday, August 16, that the Kalamazoo Resident Ag...
Aug 16, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
KDPS Chief Vernon Coakley placed on paid leave after allegations of harassment filed by city employees
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley has been placed on paid administrative leave by City Manager James Ritsema after allegations of harassment have r...
Aug 16, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
KDPS accepting applications for Public Safety Officers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is looking to add a few more public safety officers to it's ranks. The department started accepting applications on Monday, Augu...
Aug 16, 2022
Group to present plan for improving downtown Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A small platoon of architects, urban planners, engineers, and students from the University of Notre Dame have had downtown Kalamazoo under a microscope for the last three ...
Aug 16, 2022 Undeveloped properties are highlighted in downtown Kalamazoo are shown in red, along with an aerial view of the downtown taken in the 1940's (provided by the University of Notre Dame Center for Housing and Community Development)
Kalamazoo City Commissioners approve additional American Rescue Plan Act payouts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners have approved mid-year budget adjustments to continue the American Rescue Plan Act funding they launched last year. City Hall's Chief Financia...
Aug 16, 2022 American Rescue Plan Act graphic
Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire remembered one year after dying in the line of duty
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The families of the late Sgt. Ryan J. Proxmire released a statement on Monday, August 15, in remembrance of his death on August 15, 2021. Proxmire, a father of four, was ...
Aug 15, 2022 Fallen Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan Proxmire
MSP releases man wrongly charged with deadly crash: Suspected driver still at large
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police have released a man arrested in connection to a deadly crash in Van Buren County after discovering he was not the at-fault driver. After additiona...
Aug 15, 2022 Michigan State Police - File photo
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